organic compounds
(E,E)-1,2-Bis(2,4,6-trimethoxybenzylidene)hydrazine
aX-ray Crystallography Unit, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia, bDepartment of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand, and cCrystal Materials Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand
*Correspondence e-mail: hkfun@usm.my
The title molecule, C20H24N2O6, lies on an inversion centre. All non-H atoms are essentially coplanar, with an r.m.s. deviation of 0.0415 (1) Å and a maximum deviation of 0.1476 (1) Å for the methoxy C atom at the 4-position of the benzene ring. The is stabilized by weak C—H⋯N and C—H⋯π interactions.
Related literature
For standard bond-length data, see: Allen et al. (1987). For related structures, see: Jansrisewangwong et al. (2010); Zhao et al. (2006). For background and the biological activity of hydrozones, see: El-Tabl et al. (2008); Qin et al. (2009); Ramamohan et al. (1995); Rollas & Küçükgüzel (2007). For the stability of the temperature controller used in the data collection, see Cosier & Glazer, (1986).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Refinement
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Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2005); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL; molecular graphics: SHELXTL; software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
Supporting information
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810033684/lh5117sup1.cif
contains datablocks global, I. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810033684/lh5117Isup2.hkl
The title compound was synthesized by mixing a solution (1:2 molar ratio) of hydrazine hydrate (0.097 ml, 2 mmol) and 2,4,6-trimethoxybenzaldehyde (0.785 mg, 4 mmol) in ethanol (20 ml). The resulting solution was refluxed for 5 h, yielding the yellow solid. The resultant solid was filtered off and washed with methanol. Yellow block-shaped single crystals of the title compound suitable for x-ray
were recrystalized from acetone by slow evaporation of the solvent at room temperature over several days, mp. 484–486 K.The H atom attached to C7 was located in a difference map and refined isotropically. The remaining H atoms were positioned geometrically and allowed to ride on their parent atoms, with d(C—H) = 0.93 Å for aromatic and 0.96 Å for CH3 atoms. The Uiso values were constrained to be 1.5Ueq of the
for methyl H atoms and 1.2Ueq for the remaining H atoms. A rotating group model was used for the methyl groups.Hydrazones and their complexes are interesting due to their fluorescence properties (Qin et al., 2009) and various biological activities such as insecticidal, antitumor, antioxidant, antifungal, antibacterial and antiviral properties (El-Tabl et al., 2008; Ramamohan et al., 1995; Rollas & Küçükgüzel, 2007). These interesting properties led us to synthesize the title hydrazone derivative (I) in order to study its antibacterial activity and fluorescence property. Experiments show that (I) does not possess antibacterial activities, however it does exhibit fluorescence with the maximum emission at 410 nm when the compound is excited at 280 nm. Herein the
of (I) is reported.The π interactions (Fig. 2).
of (I), (Fig. 1), C20H24N2O6, contains one half-molecule and the complete molecule is generated by an inversion centre (symmetry code -x, 2-y, 1-z). The mean plane through the C=N-N=C bridge forms a dihedral angle of 4.96 (9)° with the benzene rings. The methoxy groups attached to atoms C1 and C5 (positions 2 and 6) are approximately coplanar with the benzene ring whereas the one attached to atom C3 (position 4) is slightly twisted with respect to the benzene ring as described by the torsion angles of C8–O1–C1–C2 = 2.86 (15)°, C10–O3–C5–C4 = 3.58 (14)° and C9–O2–C3–C4 = 8.39 (15)°, respectively. The N-N bond length, 1.4117 (18) Å is comparable with 1.419 (3) Å and the C=N-N angle = 110.7 (2)°, is almost similar to 112.2 (2)° observed in (E,E)-1,2-bis(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzylidene)hydrazine (Zhao et al., 2006). The bond distances have normal values (Allen et al., 1987) and are comparable with related structures (Jansrisewangwong et al., 2010; Zhao et al., 2006). The is stabilized by weak C—H···N and C—H···For standard bond-length data, see: Allen et al. (1987). For related structures, see: Jansrisewangwong et al. (2010); Zhao et al. (2006). For background and the biological activity of hydrozones, see: El-Tabl et al. (2008); Qin et al. (2009); Ramamohan et al. (1995); Rollas & Küçükgüzel (2007). For the stability of the temperature controller used in the data collection, see Cosier & Glazer, (1986).
Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005); cell
SAINT (Bruker, 2005); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2005); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).C20H24N2O6 | Z = 1 |
Mr = 388.41 | F(000) = 206 |
Triclinic, P1 | Dx = 1.343 Mg m−3 |
Hall symbol: -P 1 | Melting point = 484–486 K |
a = 7.3851 (2) Å | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
b = 7.4043 (2) Å | Cell parameters from 2791 reflections |
c = 9.5440 (2) Å | θ = 2.3–30.0° |
α = 71.412 (1)° | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
β = 78.095 (1)° | T = 100 K |
γ = 79.449 (1)° | Block, yellow |
V = 480.13 (2) Å3 | 0.29 × 0.14 × 0.08 mm |
Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 2791 independent reflections |
Radiation source: sealed tube | 2244 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.025 |
φ and ω scans | θmax = 30.0°, θmin = 2.3° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2005) | h = −10→10 |
Tmin = 0.972, Tmax = 0.992 | k = −10→10 |
11100 measured reflections | l = −13→13 |
Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
Least-squares matrix: full | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.040 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
wR(F2) = 0.115 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.03 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0603P)2 + 0.1087P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
2791 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
134 parameters | Δρmax = 0.42 e Å−3 |
0 restraints | Δρmin = −0.23 e Å−3 |
C20H24N2O6 | γ = 79.449 (1)° |
Mr = 388.41 | V = 480.13 (2) Å3 |
Triclinic, P1 | Z = 1 |
a = 7.3851 (2) Å | Mo Kα radiation |
b = 7.4043 (2) Å | µ = 0.10 mm−1 |
c = 9.5440 (2) Å | T = 100 K |
α = 71.412 (1)° | 0.29 × 0.14 × 0.08 mm |
β = 78.095 (1)° |
Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector diffractometer | 2791 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2005) | 2244 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.972, Tmax = 0.992 | Rint = 0.025 |
11100 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.040 | 0 restraints |
wR(F2) = 0.115 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
S = 1.03 | Δρmax = 0.42 e Å−3 |
2791 reflections | Δρmin = −0.23 e Å−3 |
134 parameters |
Experimental. The crystal was placed in the cold stream of an Oxford Cryosystems Cobra open-flow nitrogen cryostat (Cosier & Glazer, 1986) operating at 120.0 (1) K. |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
O1 | 0.20858 (11) | 0.87907 (11) | 0.08848 (8) | 0.01756 (18) | |
O2 | 0.82788 (11) | 0.57545 (11) | 0.12544 (8) | 0.01906 (19) | |
O3 | 0.44058 (10) | 0.78425 (11) | 0.53298 (8) | 0.01517 (17) | |
N1 | 0.09376 (12) | 0.95751 (13) | 0.49155 (10) | 0.0163 (2) | |
C1 | 0.35619 (14) | 0.81164 (14) | 0.16438 (11) | 0.0142 (2) | |
C2 | 0.52565 (15) | 0.72803 (15) | 0.10450 (11) | 0.0158 (2) | |
H2A | 0.5443 | 0.7178 | 0.0078 | 0.019* | |
C3 | 0.66759 (14) | 0.65957 (15) | 0.19168 (11) | 0.0148 (2) | |
C4 | 0.64415 (14) | 0.67699 (14) | 0.33540 (11) | 0.0143 (2) | |
H4A | 0.7406 | 0.6318 | 0.3917 | 0.017* | |
C5 | 0.47341 (14) | 0.76345 (14) | 0.39383 (10) | 0.0133 (2) | |
C6 | 0.32381 (14) | 0.83151 (14) | 0.31125 (11) | 0.0134 (2) | |
C7 | 0.14037 (15) | 0.91807 (15) | 0.36584 (11) | 0.0147 (2) | |
C8 | 0.22823 (17) | 0.85390 (17) | −0.05710 (12) | 0.0205 (2) | |
H8A | 0.1127 | 0.9008 | −0.0954 | 0.031* | |
H8B | 0.2601 | 0.7199 | −0.0499 | 0.031* | |
H8C | 0.3251 | 0.9241 | −0.1234 | 0.031* | |
C9 | 0.96932 (16) | 0.47848 (17) | 0.21582 (12) | 0.0212 (2) | |
H9A | 1.0697 | 0.4173 | 0.1585 | 0.032* | |
H9B | 0.9173 | 0.3834 | 0.3022 | 0.032* | |
H9C | 1.0157 | 0.5698 | 0.2473 | 0.032* | |
C10 | 0.59168 (15) | 0.72427 (16) | 0.61730 (11) | 0.0167 (2) | |
H10A | 0.5516 | 0.7495 | 0.7123 | 0.025* | |
H10B | 0.6945 | 0.7939 | 0.5631 | 0.025* | |
H10C | 0.6302 | 0.5892 | 0.6330 | 0.025* | |
H7 | 0.0407 (19) | 0.9430 (19) | 0.3064 (15) | 0.022 (3)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0168 (4) | 0.0235 (4) | 0.0134 (3) | 0.0022 (3) | −0.0047 (3) | −0.0080 (3) |
O2 | 0.0149 (4) | 0.0236 (4) | 0.0163 (4) | 0.0049 (3) | 0.0002 (3) | −0.0082 (3) |
O3 | 0.0145 (4) | 0.0196 (4) | 0.0124 (3) | 0.0013 (3) | −0.0034 (3) | −0.0073 (3) |
N1 | 0.0125 (4) | 0.0186 (4) | 0.0173 (4) | −0.0003 (3) | −0.0004 (3) | −0.0069 (3) |
C1 | 0.0156 (5) | 0.0131 (4) | 0.0133 (4) | −0.0010 (4) | −0.0031 (4) | −0.0032 (4) |
C2 | 0.0175 (5) | 0.0173 (5) | 0.0122 (4) | −0.0009 (4) | −0.0001 (4) | −0.0058 (4) |
C3 | 0.0134 (5) | 0.0145 (5) | 0.0150 (4) | −0.0007 (4) | 0.0012 (4) | −0.0049 (4) |
C4 | 0.0133 (5) | 0.0149 (5) | 0.0144 (4) | −0.0008 (4) | −0.0028 (4) | −0.0043 (4) |
C5 | 0.0153 (5) | 0.0120 (4) | 0.0123 (4) | −0.0028 (4) | −0.0003 (4) | −0.0040 (3) |
C6 | 0.0140 (5) | 0.0134 (4) | 0.0126 (4) | −0.0010 (4) | −0.0014 (3) | −0.0046 (4) |
C7 | 0.0137 (5) | 0.0151 (5) | 0.0151 (4) | −0.0006 (4) | −0.0027 (4) | −0.0049 (4) |
C8 | 0.0240 (6) | 0.0251 (6) | 0.0143 (5) | 0.0020 (4) | −0.0061 (4) | −0.0093 (4) |
C9 | 0.0159 (5) | 0.0242 (5) | 0.0198 (5) | 0.0043 (4) | −0.0014 (4) | −0.0061 (4) |
C10 | 0.0157 (5) | 0.0207 (5) | 0.0157 (4) | −0.0010 (4) | −0.0051 (4) | −0.0071 (4) |
O1—C1 | 1.3632 (12) | C4—H4A | 0.9300 |
O1—C8 | 1.4347 (12) | C5—C6 | 1.4135 (14) |
O2—C3 | 1.3642 (12) | C6—C7 | 1.4564 (14) |
O2—C9 | 1.4328 (13) | C7—H7 | 0.976 (14) |
O3—C5 | 1.3528 (11) | C8—H8A | 0.9600 |
O3—C10 | 1.4322 (12) | C8—H8B | 0.9600 |
N1—C7 | 1.2882 (13) | C8—H8C | 0.9600 |
N1—N1i | 1.4117 (18) | C9—H9A | 0.9600 |
C1—C2 | 1.3866 (14) | C9—H9B | 0.9600 |
C1—C6 | 1.4226 (13) | C9—H9C | 0.9600 |
C2—C3 | 1.3944 (15) | C10—H10A | 0.9600 |
C2—H2A | 0.9300 | C10—H10B | 0.9600 |
C3—C4 | 1.3909 (13) | C10—H10C | 0.9600 |
C4—C5 | 1.3974 (14) | ||
C1—O1—C8 | 118.01 (8) | N1—C7—C6 | 125.41 (9) |
C3—O2—C9 | 117.79 (8) | N1—C7—H7 | 115.8 (8) |
C5—O3—C10 | 117.61 (8) | C6—C7—H7 | 118.7 (8) |
C7—N1—N1i | 110.66 (11) | O1—C8—H8A | 109.5 |
O1—C1—C2 | 122.94 (9) | O1—C8—H8B | 109.5 |
O1—C1—C6 | 115.10 (9) | H8A—C8—H8B | 109.5 |
C2—C1—C6 | 121.95 (9) | O1—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
C1—C2—C3 | 118.90 (9) | H8A—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
C1—C2—H2A | 120.5 | H8B—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
C3—C2—H2A | 120.5 | O2—C9—H9A | 109.5 |
O2—C3—C4 | 123.44 (9) | O2—C9—H9B | 109.5 |
O2—C3—C2 | 115.02 (9) | H9A—C9—H9B | 109.5 |
C4—C3—C2 | 121.55 (9) | O2—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
C3—C4—C5 | 118.99 (9) | H9A—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
C3—C4—H4A | 120.5 | H9B—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
C5—C4—H4A | 120.5 | O3—C10—H10A | 109.5 |
O3—C5—C4 | 122.15 (9) | O3—C10—H10B | 109.5 |
O3—C5—C6 | 116.17 (9) | H10A—C10—H10B | 109.5 |
C4—C5—C6 | 121.67 (9) | O3—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C5—C6—C1 | 116.93 (9) | H10A—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C5—C6—C7 | 124.92 (9) | H10B—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
C1—C6—C7 | 118.15 (9) | ||
C8—O1—C1—C2 | 2.86 (15) | C3—C4—C5—C6 | 0.69 (15) |
C8—O1—C1—C6 | −176.61 (9) | O3—C5—C6—C1 | 179.70 (8) |
O1—C1—C2—C3 | −178.70 (9) | C4—C5—C6—C1 | −1.27 (15) |
C6—C1—C2—C3 | 0.74 (16) | O3—C5—C6—C7 | −0.86 (15) |
C9—O2—C3—C4 | 8.39 (15) | C4—C5—C6—C7 | 178.16 (9) |
C9—O2—C3—C2 | −171.46 (9) | O1—C1—C6—C5 | −179.97 (8) |
C1—C2—C3—O2 | 178.49 (9) | C2—C1—C6—C5 | 0.55 (15) |
C1—C2—C3—C4 | −1.37 (16) | O1—C1—C6—C7 | 0.55 (14) |
O2—C3—C4—C5 | −179.18 (9) | C2—C1—C6—C7 | −178.93 (9) |
C2—C3—C4—C5 | 0.67 (16) | N1i—N1—C7—C6 | 179.28 (10) |
C10—O3—C5—C4 | 3.58 (14) | C5—C6—C7—N1 | 5.52 (17) |
C10—O3—C5—C6 | −177.40 (8) | C1—C6—C7—N1 | −175.05 (10) |
C3—C4—C5—O3 | 179.66 (9) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x, −y+2, −z+1. |
Cg is the centroid of the C1–C6 ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C7—H7···O1 | 0.977 (14) | 2.332 (14) | 2.6886 (12) | 100.6 (10) |
C10—H10B···N1ii | 0.96 | 2.49 | 3.3876 (15) | 155 |
C8—H8C···Cgiii | 0.97 | 2.79 | 3.6678 (13) | 152 |
C10—H10C···Cgiv | 0.97 | 2.63 | 3.4385 (13) | 142 |
Symmetry codes: (ii) −x+1, −y+2, −z+1; (iii) −x+1, −y+2, −z; (iv) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C20H24N2O6 |
Mr | 388.41 |
Crystal system, space group | Triclinic, P1 |
Temperature (K) | 100 |
a, b, c (Å) | 7.3851 (2), 7.4043 (2), 9.5440 (2) |
α, β, γ (°) | 71.412 (1), 78.095 (1), 79.449 (1) |
V (Å3) | 480.13 (2) |
Z | 1 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.10 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.29 × 0.14 × 0.08 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker APEXII CCD area-detector |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2005) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.972, 0.992 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 11100, 2791, 2244 |
Rint | 0.025 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.703 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.040, 0.115, 1.03 |
No. of reflections | 2791 |
No. of parameters | 134 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.42, −0.23 |
Computer programs: APEX2 (Bruker, 2005), SAINT (Bruker, 2005), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and PLATON (Spek, 2009).
Cg is the centroid of the C1–C6 ring. |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C10—H10B···N1i | 0.96 | 2.49 | 3.3876 (15) | 155 |
C8—H8C···Cgii | 0.97 | 2.79 | 3.6678 (13) | 152 |
C10—H10C···Cgiii | 0.97 | 2.63 | 3.4385 (13) | 142 |
Symmetry codes: (i) −x+1, −y+2, −z+1; (ii) −x+1, −y+2, −z; (iii) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
PJ thanks the Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC), the Commission on Higher Education, Ministry of Education and the Graduate School, Prince of Songkla University, for financial support. The authors thank the Prince of Songkla University for financial support through the Crystal Materials Research Unit (CMRU) and Universiti Sains Malaysia for the Research University Golden Goose grant No. 1001/PFIZIK/811012.
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Hydrazones and their complexes are interesting due to their fluorescence properties (Qin et al., 2009) and various biological activities such as insecticidal, antitumor, antioxidant, antifungal, antibacterial and antiviral properties (El-Tabl et al., 2008; Ramamohan et al., 1995; Rollas & Küçükgüzel, 2007). These interesting properties led us to synthesize the title hydrazone derivative (I) in order to study its antibacterial activity and fluorescence property. Experiments show that (I) does not possess antibacterial activities, however it does exhibit fluorescence with the maximum emission at 410 nm when the compound is excited at 280 nm. Herein the crystal structure of (I) is reported.
The asymmetric unit of (I), (Fig. 1), C20H24N2O6, contains one half-molecule and the complete molecule is generated by an inversion centre (symmetry code -x, 2-y, 1-z). The mean plane through the C=N-N=C bridge forms a dihedral angle of 4.96 (9)° with the benzene rings. The methoxy groups attached to atoms C1 and C5 (positions 2 and 6) are approximately coplanar with the benzene ring whereas the one attached to atom C3 (position 4) is slightly twisted with respect to the benzene ring as described by the torsion angles of C8–O1–C1–C2 = 2.86 (15)°, C10–O3–C5–C4 = 3.58 (14)° and C9–O2–C3–C4 = 8.39 (15)°, respectively. The N-N bond length, 1.4117 (18) Å is comparable with 1.419 (3) Å and the C=N-N angle = 110.7 (2)°, is almost similar to 112.2 (2)° observed in (E,E)-1,2-bis(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzylidene)hydrazine (Zhao et al., 2006). The bond distances have normal values (Allen et al., 1987) and are comparable with related structures (Jansrisewangwong et al., 2010; Zhao et al., 2006). The crystal structure is stabilized by weak C—H···N and C—H···π interactions (Fig. 2).